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    CUCURBITA FOETIDISSIMA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Perennial vine of dry parts of central and southwestern United States and Mexico having small hard mottled green inedible fruitplay

    Synonyms:

    buffalo gourd; calabazilla; Cucurbita foetidissima; Missouri gourd; prairie gourd; prairie gourd vine; wild pumpkin

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Cucurbita foetidissima" is a kind of...):

    gourd; gourd vine (any vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with hard rinds)

    Meronyms (parts of "Cucurbita foetidissima"):

    prairie gourd (small hard green-and-white inedible fruit of the prairie gourd plant)

    Holonyms ("Cucurbita foetidissima" is a member of...):

    Cucurbita; genus Cucurbita (type genus of the Cucurbitaceae)

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